Apparatus for folding and creasing the edges of ribbons



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W. REMY. v APPARATUS FOR FOLDING AND OREASING THE EDGES 0F RIBBONS. No. 494,347. Patented Mar. 28, 1893.

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Patented Mar.- 28, 1893.

NITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

WILHELM REMY, OF CBEFELD, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR FOLDlNG AND CREASING THE EDGES 0F RIBBONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,347, dated March 28, 1893.

Application filed October 24, 1891. Serial No. 409,706. (No model.) Patented in Germany September 6, 1890, No. 56,815.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LVVILHELM REMY, manufacturer, of the city of Crefeld, Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Velvet Ribbons, (for which Letters Patent havebeen granted to me in Germany, No. 56,815, dated September 6, 1890,) of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to apparatus for attaching a satin back to velvet bands or ribbons and at the same time strengthening the edges of the ribbon by turning the edges of the satin over and securing them to the velvet during the passage of the ribbon through the apparatus. Previous to passing through the machine both the satin and the velvet while in the piece have had their backs covered with a thin layer or caoutchouc solution or other suitable cementing material, and are then out into strips of the desired width, the satin strip being wider than the velvet strip with which it is to be combined so as to allow of the edges being turned over.

A machine constructed in accordance with this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure I illustrates a plan of the machine with the ribbon passing through. Fig. II illustrates a longitudinal section through w-w Fig. I. Fig. III is a plan of part of the machine adapted for broad bands. Fig. IV is a section through y y Fig. III. Fig.Vis a cross section through 2 2 Fig. I. Fig. VI is a cross section through 0; 12 Fig. III, and Figs. VII and VIII are respectively a plan and longitudinal section of one of the ribbon guides.

In the drawings A represents one of the cross bars of the apparatus to which is secured a wire or guide b, leaving sufficient space between the two for the passage of a ribbon between them. From the bar A two longitudinal bars 0 and 01 extend. The bar a has its forward end provided with a pair of transverse parallel guide rods (1 a secured at one end to the bar 0 between said bar and a top plate 0'. The bar 01 is provided with a guide rod 00 which is secured to said bar between it and a cover plate 01' and the parts are so arranged that the guide rod a lies between the guide rods a a and slides between the bar a and plate 0' while the guide rods a a slide between the bar d andplate d in a similar man'- ner. By this means the two longitudinal bars 0 (1 may be moved nearer together or farther apart as desired. A set screw g extends through the bar 01 and plate (1' and by means of said screw the plate (1' may be forced down upon and made to clamp the guide bars a a and hold the parts in any position to which they may be adjusted. A hem mer or folderf f is secured to the bars 0 and d and extend inwardly therefrom, for the purpose of engaging the edges of the satin strip and folding them over the edges of the velvet ribbon or band, the hemmers f being constructed with inwardly curved portions to eifect the folding of the satin edges over the velvet. Secured to each of the heminers f is a guide is and a presser plate I is slipped into engagement with said guides is when the ribbon is passing through to exert a pressure upon the ribbon and satin. When greater pressure is needed an auxiliary presser plate Z is slipped beneath the plate Z as shown in Fig. V. The guides Z0 is for the presser plate 1 are preferablyinolined as shown in Fig. II and IV so that the greatest pressure will be exerted on the material just before it passes out of engagement with the presser plates, which may extend some distance beyond the guides k k if desired as shown in the drawings. I also provide the longitudinal bar 0 (or bar (1 if preferred) with a pair of adj ustable guides 1111. These guides are formed with slotted portions for engaging and sliding upon the bare (see Fig. VIII) and they are secured in position by means of adjusting screws which engage a slot it formed in said guides. The longitudinal bars a d are adjusted to such a distance apart that the hemmers f f will be in position to operate effectively and the guides t' 1; are also adjusted to engage the one the strip of velvet and the other the strip of satin as they pass through the apparatus. The satin strip is cut a little wider than the velvet band and, passes into the apparatus beneath the guide rod or wire I), while the velvet passes over said rod. The guidest' and 4." guide the materials as they pass along so as to keep the velvet above the center of the satin and the materials pass on to the hemmers f f which turn the edge of the satin down over the edges of the velvet and as both velvet and satin have had their backs coated with an adhesive material or substance the edges of the satin so turned over adhere to the velvet and are fur-.j' ther pressed down and secured and the tWo' materials are pressed together by the presser plate is or plates Zand Z, as before described. The materials then pass to a pair of rolls in m shown in Figs. I and II which are preferably heated and have their ends provided with milled portions m m. As the materials pass through these rolls they are made to adhere securely, the edges are rolled down smooth and made to adhere firmly and the dies-impart to said edges at'the same time a design or-ornamentation which adds to the finish of the completed ribbon. The rolls in mare revolved in any suitable manner and draw the material.

through the apparatus.

What I claim, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the main frame, of the hemnrers, a longitudinal guide secured to each of said hemmers abovethe'plane of the said hemmers and a removable presser plate for engaging the said guides, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the main frame, of the hemmers, the inclined guides secured thereto, a presser plate for engaging said guides, and a second presser plate adapted to be placed beneath the first, substantially as described.

The combination with the main frame, of the hemmers, the guides secured thereto, a

presser plate for engaging said guides and the WILI-IELM REMY. [n 8.]

Witnesses:

EVANS BLAKE, LIZZIE S. BLAKE. 

